What I’m Loving: Paper Crafts

Paper flowers to be more specific, I can’t get enough of them. Last week during my regular Barnes and Noble trip I sipped on my favorite frappuccino, pulled up a chair, and skimmed through the scrapbook magazines. I was amazed at all the creative handmade cards featured. Then I started noticing all sorts of paper flowers. There were flowers on nearly every page. Maybe it’s because Spring is approaching, but the flower possibilities are endless and I want to try every single technique out there! I quickly purchased my new favorite magazine and headed to the craft store for scrapbook paper. I then spent the weekend making my daughter some new wall art for her room. The entire thing is made out of paper and I can’t wait to show it to you!

In the meantime I made some yellow paper flowers to add a bit of color around the house. With low 70 degree weather and the flowers starting to bloom, it’s practically Spring around here. While the flowers aren’t quite ready to be picked from the garden, these little beauties will get the job done for now.

To make the paper flowers into a center piece I glued them onto a skewer. I then took a mason jar and wrapped twine around it just like I did with my spray painted jars.

What are some of your favorite paper crafts? Do you use an embossing machine? I really like the texture it adds to paper crafting but I’m clueless on which is the best out there.

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Comments

Those flowers are absolutely gorgeous!! I always tell my husband if we are ever rich ;) I want fresh flowers in the house every week…these will be perfect while I am am anxiously awaiting that day :) thanks so much for sharing!!

these turned out great! so pretty! In response to your question about embossing, I love to emboss and I think it adds wonderful dimension! I don't think the quality of the gun truly matters. I have been using the cheapest gun since 2000 that I bought at Michaels with a 40% off coupon… I do think the quality of your craft ink and powder matter. I always try to go with fine so that it is more versatile and can be used on intricate designs. Stampin' up actual "craft" pads are great and so are the little "cat eye" ones that you can find for $2. You can either get a clearn fine powder and an asundry of ink pads in various colors or get a clear craft ink and go with various colored powders. Good luck adding embossing to your papercrafting mix!

Hi Crystal, stopping by from Simply design link party, those flowers are gorgeous! and the best part is that they'll remain like that for a long time, I heat when flowers shrivel… Thanks for sharing Greetings from Spain

These are gorgeous!! the pink and purple ones with the glitter are so pretty!
Looks like a fun craft I could do with my little one this weekend! Thanks for sharing.
I found you via the Delightful Order link up.
Happy to say I’m your newest follower :)

At the risk of sounding a bit slow, I’m going to ask…are the yellow daffodil flowers made the same way as the pink/purple ones you showed us the tutorial for? I’m dying to make the yellow ones, but they look different than the other ones and I can’t seem to find a tut for them.

How cute! What a great idea to get some colour around the house. We have a ways to go here until I can grow the real thing – there’s still snow on the ground. Posts like this get me excited for spring!

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